Federal judge in Las Vegas bans anti-tax book
A tax protester may not sell his book that contends paying income tax is voluntary, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. District Judge Lloyd D. George wrote in an order banning the book that Irwin Schiff is not protected by the First Amendment because he has encouraged people not to pay taxes. "There is no protection ... for speech or advocacy that is directed toward producing imminent lawless action,"George wrote in support of the preliminary injunction on the book,"The Federal Mafia: How It Illegally Imposes and Unlawfully Collects Income Taxes." I can't say that I buy Schiff's tax theories -- even if he is correct, it's in the nature of a loophole rather than a super-secret way for people in the know to avoid paying taxes -- but banning his book is a free speech issue. This is the United States. We don't ban books. |
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